Space

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a direct imaged of a distant planet orbiting another star just…

SpaceX wants to start flying its Starship megarocket a lot more often. The company has requested permission to…

American billionaire Elon Musk’s week-long public fight with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani over Starlink’s stalled launch in India…

Published on October 14th, 2026 They say there are oceans on the moon. I think that’s lunar sea.…

NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space…

Explanation: The city lights outshine the stars in the City That Never Sleeps. Who would have thought that…

The stock was at US$80.10 on August 10 when the latest delay was first flagged as a possibility.…

AI-generated illustration of a rogue planet and its moon. A moon lost in interstellar darkness may still be…

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Starship just reached orbit for the first time, carrying satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink program. Analysts disagree on whether…

NASA has tested a solid-state battery that survived temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 170…

The comeback of VERITAS is even more striking. “VERITAS is now funded with a launch date of November…

This is a real image of a huge ‘super Jupiter’ exoplanet close to Earth, and it’s one of the coldest ever seen